Pitney Bowes Shipping APIs enable seamless access to USPS services,
label creation, guaranteed delivery and flexible financing options
STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 19, 2018--
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company that provides
innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced a
strategic relationship with ChannelAdvisor, a leading provider of
cloud-based ecommerce solutions. ChannelAdvisor has fully integrated
Pitney Bowes’ Complete Shipping APIs into its new shipping management
suite.
Ecommerce merchants subscribed to ChannelAdvisor’s shipping management
suite can use the Pitney Bowes’ Complete Shipping APIs to create USPS®
shipping labels, access guaranteed delivery services, track packages,
and help manage shipments and inventory. Features of the ChannelAdvisor
Shipping Management Suite powered by Pitney Bowes include:
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Built-in automation for faster order-to-label processing;
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Tracking and visibility to the status of shipments and returns in an
all-in-one portal;
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Cost savings by eliminating third-party shipping software;
- Pitney Bowes flexible financing solutions, including a line of credit
option that allows qualified clients to match postage payments to cash
flow cycles; and
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Guaranteed delivery on USPS Priority Mail Shipments
“The Pitney Bowes Complete Shipping APIs are a critical part of
ChannelAdvisor’s new Shipping Management Suite,” said Paul Colucci, vice
president, Global Business Development, ChannelAdvisor. “This is the
next evolution in operational efficiency for our clients. By replacing
third-party shipping software with our tightly integrated solution,
Pitney Bowes and ChannelAdvisor can help ecommerce merchants reduce
processing delays and improve the consumer post-purchase experience
while saving time and money. The faster our clients convert, the faster
they will see these benefits.”
Pitney Bowes launched Complete Shipping APIs in 2016 and quickly set its
solution apart by offering guaranteed delivery services and flexible
financing options on a modern RESTful web services architecture that
makes it extremely easy for customers to integrate and scale. Over the
past two years, these benefits, as well as a commitment to client-led
innovation and an expanding set of product features, has enabled more
and more ecommerce platform providers, as well as enterprise and SMB
retailers to adopt the solution and provide a superior shipping
experience to their end customers.
Pitney Bowes Complete Shipping APIs are available as part of the Pitney
Bowes Commerce Cloud, a commerce enabler, providing access to solutions,
analytics and APIs across the full commerce continuum with speed and
agility to help clients identify customers, locate opportunities, enable
communications, power shipping from anywhere to everywhere, and manage
payments.
“We’re thrilled to partner with ChannelAdvisor. Both companies care
deeply about this industry and continuously invest in innovation and
research on behalf of our clients,” said Lila Snyder, president,
Commerce Services, Pitney Bowes. “We listen carefully to consumers and
continuously evolve and improve our offerings to help retailers and
marketplaces provide the best possible pre- and post-purchase shopping
experiences.”
Ms. Snyder will deliver a keynote address on Thursday, April 19th
at 1:45 pm PST at Catalyst2018,
an annual educational ecommerce conference hosted by Channel Advisor.
Channel Advisor will also participate in (R)etail
Revolution, Pitney Bowes’ exclusive industry thought leadership
event in May. The event will focus on the findings of Pitney
Bowes Global Ecommerce Study, which tracks trends in online selling
and shopping for retailers, marketplaces and consumers around the globe.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global technology company powering billions
of transactions – physical and digital – in the connected and borderless
world of commerce. Clients around the world, including 90 percent of the
Fortune 500, rely on products, solutions, services and data from Pitney
Bowes in the areas of customer information management, location
intelligence, customer engagement, shipping, mailing, and global
ecommerce. And with the innovative Pitney Bowes Commerce Cloud, clients
can access the broad range of Pitney Bowes solutions, analytics, and
APIs to drive commerce. For additional information, visit Pitney Bowes,
the Craftsmen of Commerce, at www.pitneybowes.com.
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Pitney Bowes
Brett Cody, 203-359-6079
Brett.Cody@pb.com
